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CAPSA urges shame‑free conversations to prevent violence, targets youth outreach
Summary
CAPSA presented a "shame‑free conversation" curriculum focused on youth at the North Logan City Council meeting, asking council members to suggest local audiences for training and offering magnets with hotline numbers.
Alina Oling, development director for CAPSA, presented the nonprofit’s youth‑focused initiative on sexual‑assault awareness at the North Logan City Council meeting on March 19, urging the council to identify local audiences for trainings intended to reduce shame and encourage reporting.
Oling said CAPSA has developed a curriculum emphasizing "shame‑free conversations" that is already used for mental‑health and digital‑safety trainings and is now being adapted to reach parents, educators and other adults who work with youth. She described shame as “a painful self‑evaluative emotion” that can cause survivors to hide their experiences and said CAPSA’s framework—SPECIFIC, APPROACHABLE, START BY BELIEVING, EMPOWERING (SAFE)—aims to create open, supportive responses when people disclose harm.
Oling asked the council to brainstorm audiences that could benefit from the training and said CAPSA has already delivered sessions to businesses, schools and faith groups. She also said CAPSA is expanding services in Idaho and distributed magnets listing phone numbers for CAPSA’s Utah and Idaho hotlines to council members and staff.
Council members thanked CAPSA for the presentation and accepted the materials. No formal action or directives were recorded during the presentation.
CAPSA’s materials and the magnets provided a phone number for survivors and noted expansion into Idaho; Oling said the organization recently hired its first Idaho employee. She invited the council to suggest groups that might host the training and offered contact information (info@capsa.org) for follow‑up.
The presentation occurred during the meeting’s action‑items segment and lasted several minutes; council members did not vote on a policy or funding request at this session.
